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Newspaper Dialog

Last year I was invited to write about why I don’t go to church anymore for a local weekly newspaper, the Wednesday Journal.

People responded to the article in person, by phone, by mail and by writing to the newspaper. I wrote
a number of blog entries about the responses on Conversation at the Edge.

The direct links to all the related newspaper articles/responses are below. One neat thing that has developed is an ongoing newspaper dialog between me and one of the respondents, Rev F. Dean Lueking.

Date		Author	Article/Letter	Response to
7/5/06	1	Helen Mildenhall	Changing Faith: Why I don’t go to church anymore
7/12/06	2	Audrey deCoursey	Progressive Christians are real Christians too
7/19/06	3	Cynthia Collazo	Mildenhall’s article on struggling with faith is appreciated
7/19/06	4	Bud Hayes	A confession of faith
7/19/06	5	Rev. F. Dean Lueking	Going to church anyway … and why
8/2/06	6	Helen Mildenhall	Thank you, Rev. Lueking for your kind, humble response	Rev Lueking (5)
8/23/06	7	Rev. F. Dean Lueking	Mildenhall asks big questions, in the right spirit	Helen (6)
8/23/06	8	Franklin ‘Bud’ Hayes	A faith more transparent to itself: Why I still do go to church
9/13/06	9	Helen Mildenhall	Is dialog possible between people of faith and people of doubt?	Rev Lueking (7)
9/13/06	10	Richard Beeman	Doing church: How and where do we find God?
9/13/06	11	Susan Cross	Mildenhall shows lack of courage in leaving church
9/20/06	12	Ken Trainor (editor)	Why I do, and don’t, go to church
9/27/06	13	Rev F. Dean Lueking	Who’s who in the faith/doubt dialog	Helen (9)
10/04/06	14	Dan Haley (editor)	Can God be found in letters to the editor?
10/11/06	15	Helen Mildenhall	Dialog works if you don’t need a membership card	Rev Lueking (13)
10/11/06	16	Joseph A. Wemhoff	Church wins in Catholic Church vs. Ken Trainor	Ken Trainor (12)
10/11/06	17	John McMahon	The world and the Church aren’t perfect, so grow up	Ken Trainor (12)
10/11/06	18	John M. McCarthy	Church change starts at our own kitchen tables	Ken Trainor (12)
10/11/06	19	Karen Scafidi	WJ isn’t shy about any issue, even religion
10/11/06	20	Barret Buchholz	Relieved of ‘god,’ we can live fuller lives	Rev Lueking (13)
10/11/06	21	George Thompson	Renewed faith: Why I returned to church
10/25/06	22	Rev F. Dean Lueking	What we believe is affected by where we stand	Helen (15)
10/25/06	23	Mary Cronin	Your Aug. 2 issue was a real prize
11/08/06	24	Helen Mildenhall	I won’t worship a God I might be making up	Rev Lueking (22)
11/08/06	25	Rev S. Anita Stauffer	A little background for the continuing dialog	Helen (15)
11/08/06	24	Helen Mildenhall	I won’t worship a God I might be making up	Rev Lueking (22)
11/08/06	25	Rev S. Anita Stauffer	A little background for the continuing dialog	Helen (15)
12/19/06	26	Rev. F Dean Lueking	The search to know God, the gift of being known by God	Helen (24)
3/13/07	27	Helen Mildenhall	I won’t try to explain God away anymore	Rev Lueking (26)
3/27/07	28	Rev Lueking	What shall we do with this cross?	Helen (27)
5/22/07	29	Helen	The heart of the matter	Rev Lueking (28)
5/29/07	30	Rev Lueking	Religion: a straitjacket or bright wings?	Helen (29)
6/5/07	31	George Thompson	Reflection on doubt and spirituality
6/5/07	32	Mary Hunsberger	Thoughts on the Lueking/Mildenhall dialogue
6/26/07	33	Helen	Heading toward love, away from fear	George Thompson (31) and Mary Hunsberger (32)
7/10//07	34	Rev Lueking	Before Truth and Life, there is the Way	Helen (33)
8/14/07	35	Helen	Jesus wouldn’t mind us asking these questions	Rev Lueking (34)
8/14/07	36	Rebecca Dahlstrom	Many of us are searching for answers
9/19/07	37	Rev Lueking	Just so we know what we’re getting into	Helen (35)
10/31/07	38	Helen	The Way is important, not who owns it	Rev Lueking (37)
11/07/07	39	Jim Henderson	The way, the truth, and the following	Helen (38)
12/04/07	40	Rev Lueking	All voices are welcome, from all sides	Helen (38)
1/15/08	41	Helen	One way to find The Way is Off The Map	Rev Lueking (40)
1/30/08	42	Jim Henderson	It’s all about honoring others	Helen (41)
2/13/08	43	Rev Lueking	The Way across the achievement gap	Helen (41)
4/2/08	44	Helen	No eligibility tests for The Way	Rev Lueking (43)
5/27/08	45	Rev Lueking	‘The Way’ reaches behind bars	Helen (44)

If you want to read more about my move away from conservative Christianity, here are a couple of other articles I’ve written about it:

Love is the most excellent way

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